Sci-Fi Storm

It appears there was some unrest over at Warner Bros. production of Wonder Woman, with director Michelle MacLaren’s sudden departure over what is described as “creative differences” on Monday (rumors from sexism to MacLaren wanting to include a tiger sidekick), but it appears that the production won’t remain rudderless long – Monster director Patty Jenkins is taking over.

Wonder Woman has had a long history of troubles…NBC shot down a 2011 TV series after the pilot starring Adrianne Palicki was received poorly. The David E. Kelley script had even been rejected earlier that year by the network but was picked back up when Bob Greenblatt took over. And back in 2007, Joss Whedon tried to take the superhero to the big screen, but couldn’t agree with Warner Bros. or Joel Silver’s Silver Pictures over the setting of the script.

Gal Gadot is still attached to star as the Amazonian hero, and it is still scheduled for a 2017 release.

Disney XD is taking aim at SF fandom, and Doctor Who is the ammo of choice…the channel announced yesterday that it has picked up Series 2-4 of the rebooted BBC show featuring one of the most popular Doctors, David Tennant.

The show will start with a special airing of “New Earth” on May 9th, and then run in a daily strip from June 13th through the 20th. No word when more episodes will air yet. It also isn’t clear yet if the Christmas specials (includng Tennant’s debut in “The Christmas Invasion”, which is obviously being skipped over to start with) or the series of specials that followed the 4th series that led to Tennant’s departure, are part of the deal. Time, as always, will tell.

It has been a few years since we had news on the reported new Blade Runner in development, aside from some denials that Harrison Ford would return as Decker. But today it was announced that Ryan Gosling would star in what is now definitely a sequel to the Ridley Scott classic – and we hear that Harrison Ford will indeed return.

Hampton Fancher, who co-wrote the original, and Michael Green (Green Lantern) have written the screenplay, which will be helmed by Prisoners director Denis Villeneuve. Plot details are being kept under wraps, other than it will take place several decades after the original. Shooting is expected to begin in Summer 2016.

OH MY!!! Just released! New Stormtroopers! New scenes! New…Skywalker?

“Chewie…we’re home.”

Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica, Longmire) is set create and star in a future-set drama called Rain, in conjunction with Reunion Pictures, the production company behind Continuum and Olympus.

Rain is a look at a possible future through the eyes of a soldier named Rain, played by Sackhoff, with a look at what the role of global warming, fossil fuels, etc. may have on the decline of the environment.

Reunion’s Tom Rowe will executive produce with Sackhoff, with Leland LaBarre producing.

The more I see the trailers for this, the more I see the Disney-esque vision of the future that he tried to embody in the Tomorrowland section of the theme parks…

Tomorrowland opens May 22nd, and stars George Clooney and Britt Robinson.
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In a followup to our earlier story about Shadowhunters, the TV version of the [asin=1481400835]Mortal Instruments[/asin] book series by Cassandra Clare – reports say that McG (Supernatural) will direct the premiere episode for ABC Family. He also directed the pilot episode of Kevin From Work for the network, which has also been picked up for a series where he will continue to serve as executive producer.

Starring Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, and Evangeline Lilly – opens July 17th!

Here is the first official trailer for the upcoming series Dark Matter, which premieres June 12th!

On the season finale of 12 Monkeys, Cole and Cassandra attempt a final confrontation with the Witness, while Jones faces a new threat to the mission. Tune in Friday night at 9/8c!
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